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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Roslyn
Roslyn
Roslyn

Roslyn, 2016

Sally Ross
Portrait, oil on linen

Purchased 2017

The boys, 2006 by Roslyn Oades

The boys, 2006

by Roslyn Oades
Image
Life mask of John Bell
Life mask of John Bell
Life mask of John Bell

Life mask of John Bell, c. 1980

an unknown artist
Portrait, cast plaster

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Roslyn Lawson 2013

Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981
Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981
Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981

Maria Kozic and Philip Brophy 1, 1981, 1981 (printed 2012)

Robert Rooney
Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Some lads #2
Some lads #2
Some lads #2

Some lads #2, 1986

Tracey Moffatt
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2024

Some lads #4
Some lads #4
Some lads #4

Some lads #4, 1986

Tracey Moffatt
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2024

Dan Sultan

Dan the man

Magazine article by India Bednall, 2015

Martin Philbey’s portrait of Dan Sultan.

Losing Faith, 2004 by Alexandra Cody

Headspace 5

Crystal Gazing
Previous exhibition, 2004

Crystal Gazing: Headspace V, the fifth in the National Portrait Gallery's program of secondary student portrait exhibitions, invites students from Canberra and the surrounding regions to explore the possibilities of portraiture

Some lads #3
Some lads #3
Some lads #3

Some lads #3, 1986

Tracey Moffatt
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2024

Some lads #5
Some lads #5
Some lads #5

Some lads #5, 1986

Tracey Moffatt
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2024

Jacques Arago
Jacques Arago
Jacques Arago

Jacques Arago, c. 1830s

Nicolas Maurin, Alexandre Sixdeniers
Portrait, engraving on paper

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

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